After solving the matter of Lion's Head Peak, Liu Zhang stayed for another two days and continued to travel west to Yingchuan. Before leaving, Liu Zhang asked Man Chong to take out a sum of money and send it to the local county order in exchange for a space for the stable development of the Lion Shoufeng Yingwu Army.

Liu Zhang, who was in a hurry to leave, missed the stay, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, but the surrounding forests seemed to have no end and could never go out, Liu Zhang grabbed the horse's head and said: "If you don't take the village in front of you and don't have a store in the future, it seems that you can only stay in this forest for one night tonight!" ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and the group slowed down, and soon found a sheltered mountain recess and tied their mounts, Xu Huang and Xu Chu went to look for firewood, and the other took out a wooden flint to prepare for a fire, while Liu Zhang and Xun You took two deerskins from their mounts to lay a bed for the night.

In this era, there are no matches, no lighters, not even fire sickles, and making a fire can be said to be an extremely time-consuming thing, if it is at night, or on a day when there is no sun, if you want to make a fire, it is not only time-consuming, but also a physically demanding thing. At this time, there are two main ways to make a fire, one is the wooden flint, the other is the golden flint, in the words of later generations, the wooden flint is to drill wood to make fire, and the golden flint is to use the concave mirror and sunlight to make fire. At this time, it is already the time of the branches on the moon, and if you want to make a fire, you can only take the wood flint.

Xu Chu prepared wormwood and other fire-causing things, and immediately began to open the posture and get busy, it should be said that ordinary men of this generation are masters of making fire with wooden flint, a cigarette kung fu, under his constant rubbing, the faint green smoke began to rise, and the faint smell of burnt paste rushed into his nose, he carefully put the faint crumbs into the wormwood and velvet, carefully picked up the mouth and blew slightly, the crumbs spread rapidly in the wormwood and velvet, and finally turned into a flame with a "boom" sound......

The four of them sat around the fire, set up a clay pot to boil water for cooking, this is actually a bit too much, the so-called boiling water for cooking, is just a lack of hot water, put the cold steamed buns on the fire to roast hot, it is their dinner tonight.

Xu Chu nibbled on the steamed bun and muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Gongming, why didn't you come back from two wild animals when you went to collect firewood?" People who eat this steamed bun are sick to their stomachs! ”

Xu Huang said: "I paid close attention along the way, but I didn't even see a rabbit!" ”

Xu Chu said: "No, this will be the time for game to be fatty!" ”

"I think it's weird too!"

Since there was no meat to eat, Xu Chu could only pouting while tearing the steamed buns into small pieces and stuffing them into his mouth, which was very different from him eating meat.

In this era, the horse pedal has not yet been invented, and the horse walks on behalf of the horse, relying on the strength of the feet to clamp the horse's belly and hold the horse's back, several people have been on the road for a day, very hard, hastily eat dinner, and then squeeze in the recess to rest.

I don't know when it came, but the four of them were awakened at the same time by the sudden and eager hissing of the horses not far away. Being in the wilderness, they were afraid of encountering bandits, so they immediately became alert, and instantly switched from sleep mode to battle mode, each holding weapons back to back in a circle, vigilantly watching the surrounding situation.

However, there was no movement except for the terrified mounts, which kicked their hooves and twisted their necks desperately to break free from the reins on their heads and flee for their lives.

Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "There doesn't seem to be any situation, it's just that the mount is frightened!" ”

Xun You said: "Could it be that the animals in the mountains suddenly came out and frightened them?" ”

Xu Chu: "It's possible, I remember when I was a child, once the buffalo in our village was bathing in the ditch, and suddenly a mouse ran out of the grass, but it was so frightened that it broke free from the cowherd's hooves and began to run the dragon, several adults failed to hold it, and finally followed it for more than 20 miles, until it was tired, and then drove it back. ”

Xu Huang took the axe and walked to the mount, stroked their manes, and wanted to help them settle down, but they were extremely frightened, changed their usual docile appearance, raised their hind hooves and kicked towards Xu Huang, fortunately, Xu Huang's martial arts were strong, and he avoided this hoof at a critical moment.

At this moment, a vicious wind blew, and the four of them could not help but shudder, and the mounts, who had been terrified, dared to scream, and they trembled like mice seeing cats.

"Childe be careful!" Xu Chu sensed that the danger was approaching, so he couldn't help but protect Liu Zhang behind him and watched the situation on the hillside closely.

The bonfire swayed in the wind, and suddenly the oil ran out and the lamp went out, and a thick smoke rose from the red charcoal fire.

Xu Huang didn't care about the mount, and ran back with an axe to protect Xun You.

Right here, a black shadow flew down from the hillside, and the huge roar of "Roaring ......" shook the branches and leaves of the entire forest, and countless leaves that had never been defeated under the autumn wind drifted like rain at this time.

"It's a tiger, Gongming, be careful of Childe!" The figure in the dark night is not very clear, but this roar is too special and shocking, except for the king of beasts, other animals cannot have such a real power, but Xu Chu was not afraid after a temporary startup, and after instructing Xu Huang to protect Liu Zhang, he picked up the knife and ran towards the agile black shadow......

In the dark night, they couldn't see anything clearly, Liu Zhang and the others could only feel the fierceness of the battle by their ears, and the roars of the beasts and the shouts of the beasts were no less than the tiger's might, as if one man and one beast were fighting equally.

"What a tiger idiot, it's really brave!" Xu Huang praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Zhong Kang is really the general of the tiger and wolf, with him by the side of the son, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, he will treat it as if he is idle!" Xun Yu Dao.

Liu Zhang: "Alas, Zhong Kang is brave and brave, but he is impatient, in this situation, we should work together to resist the tiger's might, it is the best strategy, like him rushed into the night to fight the beast alone, if there is any damage, will it make me regret it for the rest of my life?" Then he said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, light a fire, let's cheer for Zhongkang!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Huang took an axe in his hand, threw the small branch he picked up into the charcoal fire, and blew lightly, and the dead branch was immediately burned.

I saw Xu Chu holding a long-handled knife in both hands, and his fat and tall body jumped and dodged in the mountains and forests, avoiding the bites again and again.

The embarrassed opponent of Xu Chu was really a tiger, with yellow and black patterns, a steel whip-like tail, and a head and tail that was as long as a zhang, weighing no less than three hundred catties.

Xu Chu bent down on the ground with a horizontal blade, dodged the tiger's pounce, and then slapped the tiger's soft abdomen fiercely. Yes, it's shooting, not chopping, it seems that he doesn't want to kill him easily, as if he wants to have a good time with him.

Although this blow did not leave a visible wound on the tiger's body, the huge impact force also caused it to have a cramping pain in its abdomen.

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